Date of Award
6-1-1943
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Divinity (B.Div)
Department
Systematic Theology
First Advisor
Frederick Mayer
Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)
Romans 1:16-17; 1 Peter 2:9; Revelation 5:10;
Abstract
"Luther brought back the pure doctrine of justification; that, above all, made him the Reformer of the Church." By carrying out the implications of this Scriptural truth in its relation to the rest of Roman theology Luther once and for all broke the power of the Roman papacy. Other reformers had failed and Luther succeeded in his Reformation because he struck at the root of the problem and undermined the foundations upon which Rome's whole diabolical system of theology rested. Luther succeeded because he destroyed Rome's sacerdotalism and sacramentalism.
Recommended Citation
Wessler, Arnold, "Luther's Social Ethics in Contrast to Rome's Asceticism" (1943). Bachelor of Divinity. 83.
https://scholar.csl.edu/bdiv/83
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